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You all are much much better than me. Cataloging and taking pictures are a very time consuming. What make it worse is my PC broke down months ago, which made me lost pictures as I forget to do a routine backup😭

That looks really nice! Was it just plain silver originally? If so, wonderful toning!

I found something very exciting the other day which I will post very soon it is bizarre sometimes you can be reading about something rare and it suddenly appears ....ANTICIPATION !!! MARKETING TEASER

Happy to try and help. I spoke with @Paulus for a number of hours in then past about this. I use black neoprene as the back ground as its chemically inert. I use a desk mounted day light led lamp I use from another hobby (28mm war gaming) as the light source. I have my DSLR camera on a tripod with a macro lens. I then place the neoprene on a wooden block cut at an angle that allows me to position the light source directly over the coin but leave the coin flat in relation to the camera lens. I usually take 4 or 5 shots of each side and decide which is the best before cropping them down and joining them.

It might have been the fear of criticism or ridicule rather than conscience.

Snap. Your photographic technique is much better than mine as per my recent post "Another Find in my Coin Cabinet" that featured the coin below. It was photographed with my iphone although I have a Sony mirrorless camera with a macro lens all mounted on a tripod. The results are disappointing and any tips would be welcome

I messaged him and said that it was "naughty" as such copies sell for a few pounds - must have tweaked his conscience.

It just does not look 'Right' anyway. Strangely high price for a 'Copy' too.

that is ridiculously obvious

Panic not. I've just found a 1933 penny in a pile of sh*te just acquired. Normal service will be resumed shortly.

The username is no longer registered on eBay. Hopefully, we won't hear more stories about 1933 pennies found in clocks , chimneys, charity shops, late relatives' accumulations etc for at least a little while.

Yes i use gloves to photograph mine.